Larak

Larak was an ancient Iraqi city in Sumer that appears in some versions of the Sumerian King List said to have been the third among the five cities to hold the kingship over Sumer during the antediluvian era.

Larak

Latitude
32.43333° or 32° 26′ north
Longitude
45.93333° or 45° 56′ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8H47CWMM+88
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Larak” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لاراك”
  • Dutch: “Larak”
  • French: “Larak”
  • Irish: “Larak”
  • Japanese: “ララク”
  • Polish: “Larak”
  • Russian: “Ларак”
  • Serbian: “Ларак”
  • Slovenian: “Larak”
  • Ukrainian: “Ларак (місто)”
  • Ukrainian: “Ларак”

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